Thirteen students from Hocking College's Culinary Program and Master Chef Vincenzo “Enzo” Sclama departed for a trip to Northern Italy on Sunday, May 26.

Over a period of two weeks, Sclama and his students will be visiting cities like Asti and Turin. Some of the activities they’ll be taking part in include food tours, visiting a winery, butcher shop, a self-sustainable farm and taking cooking classes.

Last June, 11 culinary students, Sclama and a chaperon spent two weeks exploring the country of Germany.

That group visited the German state of Bavaria and divided their time between Munich and Nuremberg. There they visited several local culinary schools, hotels, restaurants, bakeries, butcher shops, breweries, and a gingerbread outlet store.

Some of the sights the group got to tour were the Neuschwanstein Castle, Nymphenburg Palace, Weltenburg Abbey, and the Dachau Holocaust Memorial Site.

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